Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Total) in Lesotho
Lesotho: Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Total) was 319.19 TJ in 2023. ◆ Volatile
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use in Lesotho, 1990–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in TJ.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 319.19 TJ for food household consumption — energy use in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.9% on the previous year and up 87.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, food household consumption — energy use in Lesotho peaked at 319.19 TJ in 2023 and was at its lowest, 32.71 TJ, in 1990.
That places Lesotho 149th out of 204 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Total) in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | TJ | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 32.71 TJ | — |
| 1991 | 37.49 TJ | +14.6% |
| 1992 | 42.26 TJ | +12.7% |
| 1993 | 45.66 TJ | +8.1% |
| 1994 | 50.44 TJ | +10.4% |
| 1995 | 53.16 TJ | +5.4% |
| 1996 | 55.21 TJ | +3.8% |
| 1997 | 70.88 TJ | +28.4% |
| 1998 | 66.11 TJ | -6.7% |
| 1999 | 64.75 TJ | -2.1% |
| 2000 | 61.34 TJ | -5.3% |
| 2001 | 64.07 TJ | +4.4% |
| 2002 | 66.11 TJ | +3.2% |
| 2003 | 67.68 TJ | +2.4% |
| 2004 | 63.73 TJ | -5.8% |
| 2005 | 69.19 TJ | +8.6% |
| 2006 | 72.56 TJ | +4.9% |
| 2007 | 86.17 TJ | +18.8% |
| 2008 | 99.42 TJ | +15.4% |
| 2009 | 110.11 TJ | +10.8% |
| 2010 | 119.22 TJ | +8.3% |
| 2011 | 146.66 TJ | +23.0% |
| 2012 | 157.83 TJ | +7.6% |
| 2013 | 170.13 TJ | +7.8% |
| 2014 | 155.6 TJ | -8.5% |
| 2015 | 174.95 TJ | +12.4% |
| 2016 | 174.76 TJ | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 168.91 TJ | -3.3% |
| 2018 | 180.04 TJ | +6.6% |
| 2019 | 177.93 TJ | -1.2% |
| 2020 | 224.3 TJ | +26.1% |
| 2021 | 222.25 TJ | -0.9% |
| 2022 | 316.39 TJ | +42.4% |
| 2023 | 319.19 TJ | +0.9% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 319.19 TJ is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 1,280 TJ, 25% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Lesotho's 319.19 TJ is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 353.16 TJ, 90% of the median. (41 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 51.87 TJ | 32.71 TJ | 70.88 TJ | 10 |
| 2000s | 76.04 TJ | 61.34 TJ | 110.11 TJ | 10 |
| 2010s | 162.6 TJ | 119.22 TJ | 180.04 TJ | 10 |
| 2020s | 270.53 TJ | 222.25 TJ | 319.19 TJ | 4 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
More climate change data for Lesotho
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 6.55 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 2,116 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 715.74 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 1,401 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 2.7 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 50.03 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 61.29 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 51.99 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 9.3 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 0.1962 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is food household consumption — energy use in Lesotho?
- Food household consumption — energy use in Lesotho was 319.19 TJ in 2023, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 319.19 TJ in 2023.
- What is the lowest food household consumption — energy use recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.71 TJ in 1990.
- How does Lesotho rank for food household consumption — energy use?
- Lesotho ranks 149th out of 204 countries with data for 2023.
- Is food household consumption — energy use rising or falling in Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 87.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Lesotho data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Food Household Consumption — Energy Use (Total). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 34 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).
About this data
The FAOSTAT domain Emissions from Pre- and Post-Agricultural Production provides estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and related activity data associated with pre- and post-production stages of agrifood systems. The domain includes methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), carbon dioxide (CO2), fluorinated gases (F-gases) and their aggregates expressed in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq). Estimates are computed following Tier 1 methods of the IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (IPCC, 1996; 1997; 2000; 2002; 2006; 2014) and are disseminated annually.